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DESCRIPTION OF NEW SPECIES OF BUTTERFLIES 

 FOUND IN THE UNITED STATES. 



By W. H. Edwards. 



1. Anthocharis Rosa. 



2. LiMENITIS HULSTII. 



3. " Arthemis. aberr. C. 



4. Lemonias Duryi. 



5. Lva^NA Ann ETTA 



Anthocharis Rosa. 



Male. — Expands 1.2 inch. 



Upper side pure white, gray at bases of wings ; primaries 

 have a short, straight, black bar on costal margin near apex, 

 turned back obliquely, which, extended, would strike middle of 

 inner margin ; another bar on hind margin on upper branch of 

 median ; the apical area between these almost immaculate, a few 

 scattered black scales only lying near costa ; on arc of cell, a nar- 

 row black bar, bent or a little sinuous ; costal edge sometimes 

 pure white, immaculate ; sometimes with a few black scales and 

 points. Secondaries are of thinner texture, discovering the mark- 

 ings of under side ; at outer angle a slight edging of black at the 

 upper branch of sub-costal, and the fringe against this is black ; 

 also, there is black fringe at end of the lower branch of same 

 nervure ; otherwise all fringes are white. 



Under side white, with a pink tint over costa of primaries 

 and all of secondaries above sub-costal nervure, deepest next 

 base ; costal edge either immaculate, or with five or six separate 

 black points ; the discal and costal bars repeated, reduced, the 

 latter densely covered with yellow scales ; the bar on hind mar- 

 gin suppressed, but represented by yellow ; the nervules about 

 ajjx yellow, and on costal edge a black streak at end of each 

 nervule. 



Secondaries have three cross bands of black, sprinkled thickly 

 with yellow scales, with some open spaces or spots, discovering a 

 yellow ground ; the anterior band narrow, making a circle about 

 base ; the second, discal, sends a short, stout branch along median 

 nervure to third, then narrows and is attenuated to a point at 

 inner margin ; the third, starting on inner margin, is broad, and 

 after the junction with second, narrows greatly, then widens and 

 strikes hind margin in a triple fork ; at outer angle a short, nar- 

 row bar similar to the bands ; the nervures and branches on mid- 

 dle of the wing yellow. 



Body black ; the thorax covered with long gray hairs ; be- 

 neath, thorax yellow, abdomen white along venter ; legs pinkish, 

 the femora covered with long white hairs; palpi white with much 

 gray ; antennae white above, yellowish below ; club white above, 

 yellow below and at tip. 



Female. — Expands 1.4 inch. 



